My best friend Seth invited me over to his parents' house for a party. His parents were on vacation for the next couple of weeks, so all the more reason for throwing a party. Earlier in the day, Seth and I went to the liquor store and bought some kegs of beer along with your usual junk food...potato chips, pretzels, and nuts. We bought plenty of beer and food because he was expecting a lot of people to come over. We got everything ready at his house, got all the kegs set up, put all the ice in the buckets along with the drinks, and we were pretty much ready to go.
This was during the summer, so the plan was to have the party outside in the backyard. His parents had a nice pool along with a deck and basketball court. There was plenty of room to have a party outside. The party was not to start until later in the evening. So, I went home to take a shower and told him I'd come back later. Later that evening when I arrived around 10:15, there were some people there, mostly his cousins and sisters. Seth has 3 sisters...Susan, Angela, and Andrea. They're all younger than us, Susan being 21, Angela and Andrea both 18. Seth and I are both the same age, 26. Out of his 3 sisters I would have to say that Angela is the prettiest.
She has long, dark brunette hair with blue eyes, and a beautiful face as well. I went inside the house and Angela was in the kitchen getting the food ready.
"Colin, hey how are you?"
As she came closer we gave each other a friendly kiss on the cheek.
"I'm fine, what have you been up to?" I said.
"Uh, you know, the usual...school and work."
I said, "So, how's that working out for you?"
She responded, "Not too bad, I've been so busy lately that I'm glad my brother decided to have a party tonight."
I said, "Yes, I agree, I've had a long week. I'm ready to unwind."
Just as our conversation was finishing her other sisters came in the room and we all greeted each other, and basically, shoot the shit for a little bit before I went back outside to see what the other guests were doing. Seth was outside having a drink as one of his cousins was setting up the music on the pool deck.
"Hey man, you ready to have some fun tonight?" Seth said.
"You know it!"
I helped myself to a beer and began to talk to some of his cousins. As the night went on more and more people starting to come to the party, and by now we were in full gear, probably about 40-50 people showed up. Everybody was outside, drinking, some were smoking, and some people decided to take a dip in the pool. The music was nice and loud, and there was a good vibe going now. Seth was talking to some women over by the basketball court while I was standing on the pool deck talking to a couple of women of my own.
At this point, I think had about 5 beers, so I was getting a pretty good buzz going. As I was drinking my beer I looked around to check out the scenery and noticed Angela talking to some guy on the other side of the pool deck. Angela and I made eye contact and I lifted up my beer cup towards her as if to say "cheers", even though she didn't have a drink in her hand.
She gave me a smile and then excused herself from the guy she was talking to and walked towards me. The women that I was talking to ended up excusing themselves when they saw Angela coming and they went to mingle elsewhere.
"So, are you enjoying the party?" Angela asked.
I said, "Yep, so far so good, how about yourself?"
Angela responded, "Well, I think I'd be having more fun if that guy in the blue shirt wasn't bothering me all the time."
When I looked to see who it was, it turned out to be that guy she was having a conversation with.
"You mean that guy you just spoke to a few minutes ago?" I said.
"Yes, that's him. He's so drunk, he has been following me around all night and I've been trying to avoid him, and he won't leave me alone."
Not a moment too soon as she said that, the guy in the blue shirt was making his move by coming over towards Angela.
She put her hand on my arm and with a disgusted look on her face said, "Oh, God...he's coming after me again."
I joked around with her and said, "Hey, do you want me to throw him in the pool or something?"
She laughed when I said that and asked me for a favor.
I said, "Sure, what is it?"
"Can you pretend to be my boyfriend? That way he'll probably get the picture and leave me alone."
I said, "Ok, sure...I'll play along, but I'll let you do all the talking."
As soon as I said that the guy in the blue shirt came up to us. I had a little smirk on my face when he came by because he looked to be Antonia's age, and I started thinking back of how I went through all that when I was his age, basically, I've seen everything up to that point since I was 8 years older.
"Hey, Annabelle, what's shakin'?"
"My name's Angela," as she looked at me and rolled her eyes, I was being careful not to laugh.
"R-Right, sorry about that."
He looked at me for a little bit and I then introduced myself with a handshake.
"Hi, I'm Colin."
"Uh, yeah...I'm Doug, h-how's it goin' man?"
Before I could answer, Angela put her left hand on my back and said, "Doug, this is my boyfriend."
When she said that, he had this perplexed look on his face as if he was trying to figure out a calculus equation.
"B-Boyfriend?"
"Yes, we've been dating for a couple of months now." Angela responded.
I didn't really say anything all I did was nod my head in agreement. Even though Doug was drunk out of his mind, he was still shrewd and probably realized that he was being fed some bullshit here.